There are many types of veterinary medicine available in our local market. It is divided into different categories based on function and usage. Here we will learn about different types of veterinary medicine.
Table of Contents
Types of veterinary medicine
- Antibiotics
- Sulphonamide
- Antihistaminic Drugs
- Anti-Inflammatory
- Anticoccidial
- Anthelmintics
- Vitamin and Minerals
Antibiotics
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. Antibiotics are used to treat or prevent bacterial infections, and sometimes protozoan infections.
List of antibiotics for veterinary used
- Amoxicillin
- Cephalexin
- Cefpodoxime
- Ceftiofur
- Ciprofloxacin
- Clavamox
- clavaseptin
- Clavulanic acid
- Clindamycin
- Enrofloxacin
- Marbofloxacin
- Metronidazole
- Moxifloxacin
- Neomycin
- Ofloxacin
- Oxytetracycline
- Silver sulfadiazine
- Streptomycin
- Thiostrepton
- Trimethoprim/sulfadoxine
- Tylosin
Sulphonamide
The sulfonamides are one of the oldest groups of antimicrobial compounds still in use today. Sulfonamides are broad-spectrum antimicrobials inhibiting both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, as well as some protozoa, such as coccidia.
List of sulfonamide veterinary drugs
- Sulfanilamide
- Sulfadimidine
- Sulfamerazine
- Sulfadiazine
- Sulfadimethoxine
- Sulfachlorpyridazine
- Sulfamethoxazole
- Sulfisoxazole
- Sulfadoxine
- Sulfaquinoxaline
- Trimethoprim
- Ormetoprim
Antihistamine drugs in veterinary
- Pheniramine maleate
- Diphenhydramine hydrochloride
Anti-Inflammatory
- Carprofen
- Deracoxib
- Dexamethasone
- Mavacoxib
- Meloxicam
- Nimuselide
- Paracitamol
- Phenylbutazone
- Prednisolone
- Robenacoxib
- Sulfasalazine
- Tepoxalin
- Tolfenamic acid
- Ketoprofen
Anticoccidial drugs for livestock
- Decoquinate
- Diclazuril
- Halofuginone
- Lasalocid A
- Maduramicin
- Monensin
- Elancoban
- Narasin
- Narasin + nicarbazin
- Nicarbazin
- Robenidine
- Salinomycin
- Semduramicin
- Toltrazuril
Anthelmintics drugs for animals
- albendazole
- fenbendazole
- imidacloprid/moxidectin
- ivermectin
- levamisole
- milbemycin oxime
- nitroscanate
- nitroxynil
- oxibendazole
- thiabendazole
Vitamin and Minerals
There are many kinds of nutritional medication available in your local market. Poor management and poor feeding are the main reassone for vitamin and mineral deficiency diseases.
Read more: List of Poultry Diseases.
